Mary Landrieu: “The President's January announcement on tourism said that his goal is to expedite the visa issuance for visitors.”

I generally support the goals of the enhancements to the FAST Act, and do believe, as Senator McCaskill said, that having--and both of you--a permanent director, a budget, a staff to give some strength to what you all are trying to do.

On behalf of our client, we would support a broadening of the coverage, but as long as it does not dilute the focus on the large projects that are on the dashboard.

If this process is not fixed or focused or made better, it would really be not worth speaking about.

Thank you for continuing your focus on this, because the work is not done, and there are billions and billions of dollars of projects that could be built.